Jon Gruden Quotes
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There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league.
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I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.
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Some of the best lessons that I've ever learned are on a ball field - basketball, football, baseball, golf. And I learned great lessons from my coaches - being on time, being mentally tough, having some discipline, and being part of a team.
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You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on - that's dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone.
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If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy.
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When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay.
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If it wasn't for football, a lot of the best times of my life, my brother's life, my dad's life, wouldn't exist.
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In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.
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Julio Jones doesn't drop wide-open touchdown passes.
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Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.
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Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for some people, but he's a rare talent.
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You think of Brady, you think of Rodgers, Roethliseber, Eli Manning. They're icemen. They have no feelings - none. They're able to concentrate on a snap-by-snap basis.
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I've been hitting up Hooters since 1983, and I can assure you nothin' says football season is here quite like watching the game on wall-to-wall flat screen TVs with the smell of Hooters world-famous chicken wings in the air and an ice-cold beer in your hand, served up with one-and-only Hooters hospitality, of course.
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Having been in the league with five different franchises, I know what the meaning of Monday Night Football is. It's usually the best games and the greatest venue outside the playoffs.
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In the NFL, you've got to get to the Super Bowl, and you've got to win it. That's the evaluation we're all accountable to.
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Simon Cowell is a pretty rough guy.
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I had all kinds of different quarterbacks. But we never drafted a first-rounder.
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This whole social media scene makes me sick.
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I only live one time.
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I don't want to be a negative piece of barbed wire sitting up in the booth with all the answers. I think that's a turn-off.
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You have to help your players understand that when they speak to the media, or when they tweet or text or e-mail, a lot of times, they become public knowledge.
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You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team.
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I'm not good at Blackberrys, cell phones, or packing.
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I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.